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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
"________ your son speak English?"
"No, but he ______ when he was a schoolboy."

  1. could/may
  2. might/can
  3. can/could
  4. has to/must
  5. may/must

A
has to/must
B
could/may
C
can/could
D
might/can
E
may/must
Solution
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The correct answer is Option D.
CAN means being able to.
COULD is the past tense of CAN.
In the given sentence the speaker is asking the person if her/his son is able to speak English.
The person answer by saying that he was able to speak the language when he was schoolboy (reference to a time in the past).
Thus CAN/COULD is the correct answer.
The remaining options are incorrect because:
HAS TO/MUST expresses compulsion.
COULD/MAY - COULD is the past tense, the sentence is in the present tense. MAY expresses possibility.
MIGHT/CAN - MIGHT expresses possibility and CAN expresses ability. It is irrelevant in the sentence.
MAY/MUST - MAY expresses possibility. MUST expresses compulsion.

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